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US 7,925,247 B2Granted
Managing mobile devices based on roaming status
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorBindu Rama Rao
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Abstract
A system and electronic device supporting wireless deployment of communication services to a plurality of electronic devices.
Claims20
A handheld electronic device comprising:
- at least one non-volatile memory having stored therein one or both of firmware and software;
- at least one processor operably coupled to the non-volatile memory, wherein the at least one processor, during operation, at least:
- stores operating status information of the handheld electronic device as a sub-node of a standards-defined device management object in a device management tree in the non-volatile memory the operating status information indicating at least whether the handheld electronic device is roaming;
- wirelessly receives, from at least one remote server via a communication network, a request for the operating status information, the request communicated according to a device management protocol standard;
- wirelessly transmits the requested operating status information to the at least one remote server;
- and
- wherein only simple management operations that reduce air time are conducted when the handheld electronic device is roaming, and more data intensive management operations are conducted when the handheld electronic device is not roaming.
4 more elements
A system for managing service deployment in a plurality of handheld electronic devices, the system comprising:
- at least one server comprising:
- at least one interface enabling communication with the plurality of handheld electronic devices via a wireless communication network;
- at least one processor operably coupled to the at least one interface and at least one memory, the at least one processor functioning during operation to, among other things:
- receive operating status information for one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices via the wireless communication network in accordance with a device management protocol standard;
- determine whether the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices is roaming, based upon the operating status information;
- and
- initiate a device management session with the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices, and only conduct simple management operations that reduce air time when the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices is roaming, and conduct more data intensive management operations when the one of the plurality of handheld electronic devices is not roaming.
4 more elements
A handheld electronic device comprising:
- at least one non-volatile memory having stored therein one or both of firmware and software;
- at least one processor operably coupled to the non-volatile memory, wherein the at least one processor, during operation, at least:
- wirelessly exchanges communication in accordance with a device management protocol standard with at least one remote server, via a communication network, to perform actions determined to enable deployment of a communication service to the handheld electronic device;
- automatically collects real-time information on user consumption of the deployed communications service, the real-time information indicating whether the handheld electronic device is roaming;
- wirelessly transmits the collected real-time information on user consumption of the deployed communications service to the at least one remote server;
- conducts only simple management operations when the handheld electronic device is roaming;
- and
- conducts data intensive management operations when the handheld electronic device is not roaming.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.